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Species Placonotus falinorum

Laemophloeidae - Placonotus falinorum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Laemophloeidae (Lined Flat Bark Beetles)
Genus Placonotus
Species falinorum (Placonotus falinorum)
Explanation of Names
Placonotus falinorum Thomas 2011
named for the Zack Falin family, on whose property most of the type series was collected(1)
Range
KS(1)
Remarks
closest to the Central American P. maya Thomas; the two differ primarily in details of the male genitalia(1)
Works Cited
1.A new Nearctic species of Placonotus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae)
M.C. Thomas. 2011. Insecta Mundi 0201: 1-4.